This event grew out of an advisory group of local pastors and church leaders who met in at Taylor in 2011 to consider some of the key needs of the church, and how the Wahl Centre could help address those needs. At the same time, local church Urban Bridge was conceiving a similar event and this event became a cooperative venture. (The Edmonton Do Likewise Society has also become an event partner.)

Rick Tobias of Yonge Street Mission in Toronto is the featured plenary speaker. In the course of three keynote sessions, Rick spoke on three topics that emerge from 30 years of ministry experience in the downtown of Canada's largest city: